She hadn't yet considered the hunger factor, well not completely, anyway. She had the feeling he was distracting himself from attacking someone and drinking blood. But that wouldn't work forever.
The dreams give gifts? There was a slight pause. If dominoes allow you to better focus your mind, perhaps something else such as sudoku, if you're good with numbers? Or any other sort of puzzle that requires you to focus your mind on it?
The things she learned about dreams now that she'd started having some.
Perhaps it could help to ask them? Maybe they can help you learn how to control the urges better? Or see how they handled finding out what they were?